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	Amend CSHJR 62, Section 2, to read:                                          
	SECTION 2.  The following temporary provision is added to the 
Texas Constitution:
	TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies to 
the constitutional amendment proposed by the 81st Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2009, providing that the Railroad Commission of 
Texas will be governed by a single railroad commissioner instead of 
by a three-member commission.
	(b) The first railroad commissioner elected under the 
amendment shall be elected at the general election held in November 
2014 to serve for a term that begins January 1, 2015.
	(c) Until the first railroad commissioner elected under the 
amendment takes office, the members of the Railroad Commission of 
Texas serving on the date that the adoption of the amendment by the 
voters is shown by the official canvass of returns shall, unless 
otherwise removed as provided by law, continue in office under the 
prior law that governed the composition of the Railroad Commission 
of Texas, and that prior law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.  If on January 1, 2015 there is a vacancy in the new office 
of railroad commissioner created under the amendment because the 
first railroad commissioner-elect has died or refuses or is 
permanently unable to serve, the members of the Railroad Commission 
of Texas serving on the date that the adoption of the amendment by 
the voters is shown by the official canvass of returns shall, unless 
otherwise removed as provided by law, continue in office under the 
prior law that governed the composition of the Railroad Commission 
of Texas until the governor fills the vacancy by appointment in the 
manner provided by law.  The prior law that governed the composition 
of the Railroad Commission of Texas is continued in effect for that 
purpose.  At the time that the first railroad commissioner elected, 
or in extraordinary circumstances appointed, under the amendment 
takes office, the three-member governing body of the Railroad 
Commission of Texas is abolished.
	(d) The railroad commissioner succeeds to all powers, duties, 
rights, and obligations of the three-member governing body of the 
Railroad Commission of Texas, and the abolition of the three-member 
governing body of the commission does not affect the validity of any 
right, duty, decision, rule, or action of any kind taken by or under 
the authority of the three-member governing body.
	(e) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2016.